EOLIA, Mo. — A man shot and killed two people that were in the man's home Saturday morning, the sheriff said.
Deputies in Pike County, Missouri, were called to a home on Collage Circle Drive in Eolia, Missouri, just after midnight. The 911 call said someone had been shot.
Timothy Todd, 26, and Kaitlyn Potter-Navratil, 26, of Silex, Missouri, had been fatally shot, according to Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte.
Matthew Garrett Todd was arrested without incident. Matthew Todd was Timothy Todd's father.
Witnesses said Timothy Todd and Kaitlyn Potter-Navratil were at the home and witnesses heard arguing. Matthew Todd asked Timothy Todd and Potter-Navratil to leave. They did not leave, and Matthew Todd fired three shots into the ceiling and then shot Timothy Todd and Potter-Navratil.
Matthew Todd was charged with first-degree murder, domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action.
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